Preview: Dale Earnhardt Jr. at Kansas

RELATED: Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s complete history at Kansas For his final full-time season as a driver, NASCAR.com will offer an analytical preview on Dale Earnhardt Jr. ahead of every remaining Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race. Race: Hollywood Casino 400  Date: Sunday, Oct. 22, 3 p.m. ET (NBCSN, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) Previous five results at Kansas: 20th, 15th, 21st, 3rd, 39th Notable: Kansas is one of 11 active tracks where Dale Earnhardt Jr. has not won, and his performance hasn't been too memorable in America's heartland -- he has just three top-five finishes and nine top 10s in 21 starts. He has one pole at the track, coming in 2002. His average finish of 16.2 ranks in the lower third among his all-time average finishes. Memorable: Earnhardt only qualified 28th for the 2011 STP 400 at Kansas Speedway. Still, he managed to race his way through the pack to be in contention as the race wound down at the 1.5-mile track. But Brad Keselowski held on for a fuel-mileage victory in what was just the second win of his career at the Monster Energy Series level. Earnhardt crossed the finish line second -- and that remains his best finish at Kansas. Quotable: "Kansas is a great racetrack for me," Earnhardt Jr. said in a team release. "That place has widened out pretty good and you can run against the fence there, which is a line that I like to run. It’s a very fast race track and very smooth – a lot of fun, so we should have a good time."